Fighting For Her Life

Bonnie Kerr spends most of her time on the phone or waiting in line at the Social Security Administration office.

It's been that way since May, 2011, when Kerr, 77, said she received a letter from her insurance company saying she was dead.

The letter was addressed to her estate.

She's been trying to get the error fixed for the last eight months.

"I've been stressed out the whole time, running here and there and on the phone a lot of the time," said Kerr.

The grandmother is a diabetic, but the error has caused problems with her health care coverage and prescriptions.

"The doctors want you to take care of yourself. Go to the doctor when you're supposed to, take your medicine when you're supposed to, and all of a sudden you can't do it," said Kerr. "It's scary when all of a sudden you're dropped from having access to doctors."

Both the Social Security Administration and Kerr's third-party health insurance company say they're researching the issue.

They don't know where the problem originated but they hope to know more in the next few days.

"I can't believe this is happening to me," Kerr said. "I never heard of it happening to anyone else."